We may not be skilled at something, or there may be more reasons hindering us from getting ahead; nonetheless, it's not a reason for us not to succeed. 

How then do you place yourself in a position for the road to success?

Dan McGinley has been a coach at Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning since January of 2013. During this time, he has worked with everyone from Olympic and professional athletes looking for a competitive edge to developing high school and middle school athletes and adult personal training clients striving to feel, look and live healthy and active lives.

Dan travels both internationally and throughout the U.S., educating coaches on the systems used at MBSC as a member of the teaching staff for the Certified Functional Strength Coach.

Dan spent 16 months in China representing MBSC as the director of strength and conditioning at the Ersha Sports Training Institute of Guangzhou Province. During this time, he was tasked with overseeing the development of the strength and conditioning program for the training center and coaching both healthy and rehabbing athletes from 14 Olympic sports. His athletes in China, including current and future Olympians, won 26 medals during the 2017 China games in Tianjin.

Dan is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and participates in numerous continuing education courses, including the Functional Movement Screen level 1 & 2, Selective Functional Movement Assessment, Functional Range Conditioning and Precision Nutrition (PN).

In this episode, Dan shares how he went past his learning disability and anxiety. Getting into exercise gave him the outlet to overcome those struggles. 

He may have all those blockages along the way, but his passion for learning is huge for him to continue growing and being better. Once you continue learning, for him, that's when you improve, you evolve, and you get fresh and better ideas. 

He also shares what a true leader does and how he does things. In the person of Mike Boyle, he recounts the many ways he has personified traits of a leader, which we can all learn from.

He also points out how, despite the success and longstanding stay in the fitness industry, the need to adapt to changes and tweak is necessary to make your business better and relevant to the call of times.

He also talks about his viewpoint as to where the fitness industry's direction is going post-COVID. 

"Having that growth mindset of, hey, even if I fail at this, I'm going to get a little bit better, I'm going to learn from it, and then try and grow." - Dan McGinley

What you will learn from this episode:

02:36 - How he got started into strength and conditioning training

04:19 - Trying to be better at something you are weakest at

06:21 - A continuous process of learning and trying to be better at something

07:21 - Nurturing a culture of continuously evolving and innovating

08:34 - Exercise as an outlet for his anxiety

10:52 - How learning improves with exercise

15:57 - Where kids learn better

19:04 - How research showed that exercise helps brains function better

21:00 - Self-awareness learned from having learning disability and anxiety

25:04 - How he got the internship at Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning and how it was like back then

28:56 - Lessons learned for someone with anxiety knowing there are limited jobs out there

31:00 - Love seeing others succeed and at the same time inspired to do much better

32:43 - Looking up to someone in terms of building a long-lasting business 

34:01 - Adapting to change to make business better

35:39 - Awesome funny stories about Mike Boyle

37:37 - What a leader does - holding other leaders to a high standard

40:15 - It's not so much about what you are saying, people, pay attention more to what you are doing

42:54 - Sharing a crazy story while in China

45:07 - The two huge pieces about the Certified Functional Strength Coach 

47:50 - Make people be able to adapt and not become robots

50:32 - His viewpoint as to where the fitness industry is going post-COVID

Connect with Dan McGinley:

• Bodybyboyle.com
• certifiedfsc
• Instagram

Connect with Gavin McHale

• maverickcoachingacademy.ca
• LinkedIn
• Instagram